Preston Hollow

Battleground Preston Hollow: Transwestern Filed It’s Zoning Case Thursday for Lux Apartments at Preston, Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2014 /

If you haven’t heard about the furor over a proposed luxury high rise apartment complex at the intersection of Preston and Northwest Highway, and if you haven’t seen the “No” signs proliferating all over Preston Hollow as far west as Midway, as far north as Forest Lane, then you either live south of the Trinity…

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Yu Darvish Bought Joseph Palladino’s Bluffview House Last November… for His Dogs?

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2014 /

I had word of this transaction back in early December, when the extensive feng sui landscaping and stone work first started on this Inwood Terrace/Bluffview house. But everyone in this transaction was oh so very, “I’ve signed a confidentiality” mum about who the new owner might be. Some famous baseball player, that was the rumor.…

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Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: Relocating Executive Finds Hot Competition For Homes in Briarwood

By Joanna England / April 29, 2014 /

We love hearing from our readers, and nothing makes us happier than emails from folks who are moving to Dallas who tell us what a valuable resource CandysDirt.com is for their home search. We’ve heard such wonderful stories from buyers and sellers and folks who are relocating about how this here little website helped them…

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Inwood Home of the Week: Customized Family Home on the Best Cul de Sac is Queen of STORAGE!

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

This is one of my favorite “favorite homes” for several reasons. First of all, I combed through this house on a recent tour and don’t even think I, Ms. Wordsmith (or is it smythe?) can do it justice. The home was custom built by a couple who — I just have to say it —…

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GiveBackHomes Growing in DFW, Across U.S. Using Home Sales to House the Homeless

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

When did I first tell you all about Giveback Homes, the brain-child of local boy Blake Andrews? There we go: last August, 2013. Here we are, above, in Big D last month. Giveback Homes is a network of socially conscious real estate professionals. Here’s how it works: the agent joins up and a bio page is…

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